American experience. Reconstruction, the second Civil War. Second interview with Edward L. Ayers, historian, University of Virginia. 3 of 3 / [produced by WGBH].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Ayers, Edward L., 1953- interviewee.

Smith, Llewellyn, director, producer.

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

Southern States--History--1865-1877.

Southern States.

United States--Politics and government--1865-1877.

United States.

United States--Race relations--19th century.

Genre:

Interviews.

Unedited footage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (44 minutes)

Other Title:

Second interview with Edward L. Ayers, historian, University of Virginia, 3 of 3

Reconstruction, the second Civil War

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, 2004.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Ayers talks about the changing image of Robert E. Lee and the Lost Cause, women as guardians of the Confederacy, Northern tourism in the south, Thomas Dixon and "Birth of a Nation", Reconstruction as a time of great possibility and disappointment.

Participant:

Edward L. Ayers, interviewee.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed September 12, 2017).

OCLC:

1009099404